The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is a court of appeal for non-criminal cases,one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma,and leads the judiciary of Oklahoma,the judicial branch of the government of Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Court System is the judicial system for the U.S. State of Oklahoma. Based in Oklahoma City,the court system is a unified state court system that functions under the Chief Justice of Oklahoma who is its administrator-in-chief.
Janice Marie Holder is an American judge who served as a circuit court judge for Tennessee's Division II Circuit Court in the 30th district,served as the third woman justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1996 until 2014,and was the first female Chief Justice of Tennessee on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 2008 until her retirement in 2014.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma Court System,the judicial branch of the Oklahoma state government.
The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals is an intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma. Cases are assigned to it by the Oklahoma Supreme Court,the state's highest court for civil matters.
Deborah Barnes is a judge at the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma. She was appointed by Governor Brad Henry and her retention date was July 9,2008. She has since won two retention votes in 2010 and 2014,and her next retention vote is scheduled for January 10,2021.
E. Bay Mitchell,III is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma. He represents District 6,Office 1. Governor Frank Keating appointed him to this position in 2002. and he was retained by voters in 2004,in 2006,and 2012. He was up for another retention election in 2018,at the end of his 6-year term. Mitchell will again appear on the ballot for judge retention in the 2024 general election.
Carol M. Hansen was a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma. Educated at the Oklahoma City University of Law after raising five children,she became a municipal judge in 1993. She was appointed marshal for the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1984,then appointed as a justice of the Oklahoma Court of Appeals in 1985. She became the first woman to serve as Chief Judge in any Oklahoma appellate court. She resigned from the court in 2012,because health problems were causing her to lose her eyesight.
W. Keith Rapp was an American attorney in Oklahoma who served as judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma,from 1984 to 2022. A native of Ohio,he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa School of Law.
John Fischer is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma.
Jerry L. Goodman was born April 17,1939,in Mangum,Oklahoma. He was a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,an intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma,for twenty-five years. Appointed to the court by Governor David Walters on July 26,1994,Goodman was retained by voters in 1996,2002,and 2008. On November 4,2014,voters returned him for a full term ending January 10,2021,with a favorable vote of 60.4 percent. Judge Goodman was elected chief judge of the court for a one-year term in 2016.
Penny J. White is an American attorney and former judge who served as a judge on Tennessee's First Judicial Circuit,a judge for the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals,and a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Former Justice White was the second woman to serve on the Tennessee Supreme Court. White was removed from office in a judicial retention election in 1996 as the only justice to lose a retention election in Tennessee under the Tennessee Plan. After her time in the judiciary,White served as a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law until her retirement in 2022.
Mark Steven Cady was an American jurist. He served on the Iowa Supreme Court for 21 years from 1998 to 2019. From 2011 to 2019,he was the chief justice of the court. He was the author of the court's opinion in Varnum v. Brien,which legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa.
Patrick Robert Wyrick is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and a former Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Robert D. Bell was born and raised in Norman,Oklahoma. He earned two law degrees,one in his home state and the second in North Carolina. He then spent 13 years in private practice in his hometown while also serving as a municipal judge in 5 towns and cities of Oklahoma. First appointed a judge in 1994,he was then the youngest sitting judge of any kind in the state. In 2005,he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals,a position he still holds to this after winning votes on retention in 2006,2012 and 2018.
Brian Goree is a Justice on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Born in 1964 in Killeen,Texas,and raised in Tulsa,he graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in chemistry,then earned a J.D. degree at the University of Tulsa College of Law. After spending 23 years in private law practice,he was appointed to the court as Associate Justice. He won his retention election in 2014. Goree will appear on the ballot for judge retention in the 2024 general election.
Larry E. Joplin is an American judge currently serving on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He was appointed to District 4,Office 2 by Governor David Walters in November 1994.
P. Thomas (Tom) Thornbrugh is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He was born in Garnett,Kansas. He graduated in 1968 from Emporia State University with a B. A. in speech,then enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was trained at Fort Benning,Georgia,then went to Vietnam,where he served with the 1st ARVN Division,and the 1st Signal Brigade at Khe Sanh during the 1971 Laotion invasion. He was honored with the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for his actions at Khe Sanh. He received an honorable discharge in 1971,and returned to the United States.
Gary K. Nelson was an American lawyer,politician,and jurist who served as the Attorney General of Arizona from 1968 to 1974. Appointed to the court of appeals,Nelson is the only appellate judge in Arizona history to not be retained by the voters.
Thomas E. Prince is an American judge who has served on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals since 2020. He previously served on the Oklahoma State Election Board from 1999 to 2012.
